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checkdate

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checkdate -- Validate a Gregorian date

Description

bool checkdate ( int month, int day, int year)

Returns TRUE if the date given is valid; otherwise returns FALSE. Checks the validity of the date formed by the arguments. A date is considered valid if:

• year is between 1 and 32767 inclusive
• month is between 1 and 12 inclusive
• Day is within the allowed number of days for the given month. Leap years are taken into consideration.

Example 1. checkdate() example

<?php

var_dump(checkdate(12, 31, 2000));

var_dump(checkdate(2, 29, 2001));

?>

The above example would produce the following output:

bool(true)

bool(false)

See also mktime() and strtotime().